Brian Burnham has agreed to a plea deal in federal court on charges on knowingly receiving child pornography, according to court documents. Burnham, the 36-year-old former Assistant Scout Master for Boy Scout Troop 845 based out of Carrboro, agreed to a plea deal to a count of knowingly receiving child pornography from at least January […]

Linwood Fred Clay was arrested after a standoff in Durham on Monday afternoon. Authorities say the 26-year-old Clay barricaded himself in the attic of a home on Brye Street when US Marshals attempted to arrest him around noon Monday. Officers surrounded the house and negotiators were called to the scene. Clay surrendered to police shortly […]

Hillsborough police are looking for the gunman who shot someone in the wrist. The incident happened around 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon on West Hill Avenue. The victim was treated at UNC Hospitals for non-life threatening injuries. Police are looking for a black Chevrolet Malibu with tinted windows and factory wheels, but Lieutenant Simmons says they […]

Several Carrboro businesses have been the target of a scam over the last couple of weeks. Carrboro Police Captain Chris Atack says all of the scams had a common theme. “We have had six reports between March 17 and March 19, we haven’t had any since, all of them were businesses located in and around […]

Hillsborough Police are seeking information regarding a series of break-ins. Lieutenant Simmons with the Hillsborough Police Department says the string of incidents have a common theme. “We’re seeing a rash of break-ins in new homes under construction,” he says. “They’re going into the new homes and stealing appliances.” Nine dishwashers of various makes and models […]

A Durham man has been charged with DWI and driving with while his license was revoked in connection with a fatal crash. The three-vehicle accident occurred on Fayetteville Road near Cook Road just before 8 o’clock Wednesday night. 41-year-old Daryl Brooks has been charged in the incident where he allegedly hit the back of 53-year-old […]

Chapel Hill Police have made several arrests in recent weeks involving heroin. Lieutenant Josh Mecimore says two arrests were made as part of a narcotics investigation that dates back to July of last year. “There was an arrest on March 4 of an Allison Elizabeth Murrow for trafficking heroin, maintaining a dwelling for the purpose […]

Brian Burnham entered a plea of not guilty to all charges, on Tuesday morning, during his arraignment hearing on child pornography charges. Burnham, the 36-year-old former Assistant Scout Master with Boy Scout Troop 845 based out of Carrboro, appeared in federal court in Greensboro facing charges of knowingly receiving child pornography and knowingly distributing and […]

The Durham County District Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty against 46-year-old Craig Stephen Hicks, WCHL has confirmed. Hicks is accused of shooting and killing three Muslim college students – 23-year-old Deah Barakat, his 21-year-old wife Yusor Abu-Salha, and her 19-year-old sister Razan Abu-Salha – on February 10 in the Finley Forest Condominiums in Chapel […]

It’s been nearly three weeks since three Muslim students were shot to death at a Chapel Hill flat. In a statement, the Chapel Hill Police said the incident started over a parking dispute. However, a father of two of the victims, to put it mildly, disagrees. For details, here’s Jeff Hamlin. http://media.blubrry.com/sports_notebook/p/audio.chapelboro.com.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/02/27/VICTIM%20FATHER.mp3 Podcast: Play […]

A new charge has been filed against former Carrboro Boy Scout Troop Assistance Scout Master Brian Burnham. The 36-year-old Former Boy Scout Troop 845 Assistant Scout Master Brian Burnham appeared in federal court in Durham, earlier this month. A new charge was released from the grand jury just this week. Burnham now faces a count […]

A Durham County grand jury had indicted 46-year-old Craig Stephen Hicks on three counts of first-degree murder, according to multiple reports. In addition to the three counts of murder, Hicks was indicted on a single charge of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. Hicks allegedly shot and killed three Muslim college students last week […]

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Search warrants show the suspect in the shooting deaths of three Muslim college students in North Carolina had an arsenal of a dozen firearms in the home he shared with his wife, along with a large stash of ammunition. Records filed in Durham County Superior Court on Friday list items recovered […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a “parallel preliminary inquiry” into the Chapel Hill triple homicide, earlier this week, where three Muslim college students were killed, according to a statement from the FBI. The federal inquiry will work to determine whether or not any federal laws were violated related to the case. The statement […]

The investigation into the shooting that left three Muslim college students dead on Tuesday night is still in its early stages. The preliminary investigation from police points to an ongoing parking dispute that triggered the incident. Others are questioning whether religion was a factor in the shooting. WCHL’s Aaron Keck spoke with Seidu Malik from […]

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